Federal (USV)

Captain

Jacob H Beattes

A Philadelphia carriage trimmer before the War, he enlisted at age 40 in the 3-month 19th Infantry in April 1861, as Captain of Company F. He mustered out in August.1 He then mustered into Company D of the 95th, again as Captain on 19 September 1861. He was wounded in action at West Point, Va. on 7 May 1862.2

On the Campaign

He and his company were serving as Headquarters Guard, VI Corps, on the Campaign.

The rest of the War

He was discharged on Surgeon's Certificate of 27 October 1862, presumably from the effects of his earlier wound.1,2